Edna Lathrop

Edna Lathrop (1954-) was the UKIP MP for Halifax from 2004.

Biography
Edna Lathrop was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England in 1954, the daughter of working-class laborers. She worked as a bus driver for decades, and, after the Conservative Party government of Kathleen Urban scrapped public housing in 2004, Lathrop became a speaker for the disaffected residents of her council estate and became an outspoken critic of the government. That same year, she was elected a UKIP MP, representing Halifax.